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Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health first aid in the workplace: a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Narayanasamy, M. J., THOMSON, L., Coole, C., Nouri, F., & Drummond, A. (2021). Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing mental health first aid in the workplace: a qualitative study. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 16(2), 164-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-12-2019-0064

Purpose: There has been little research into the use and efficacy of Mental Health First Aid across UK workplaces. The present study investigated the implementation of MHFA across six UK organisations, identifying key barriers and facilitators.
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Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (2020)
Journal Article
Li, X., Zhang, W., Zhang, W., Tao, K., Ni, W., Wang, K., …Lin, J. (2020). Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 1682. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09671-9

Background: With data from different regions accumulated, physical inactivity (PI) was found to be pandemic worldwide. Using China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a nationwide longitudinal survey data, we aimed to delineate the pre... Read More about Level of physical activity among middle-aged and older Chinese people: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Georgopoulos, V. (2020, September). Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain. Poster presented at IASP Virtual Series on Pain & Expo, online

Background and aims: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most prevalent reasons people seek healthcare assistance worldwide. Guidelines for managing CLBP prioritise the development of self-management strategies, for example through cognitive b... Read More about Indices of central sensitisation can predict effective self-management in individuals with chronic low back pain.

Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study (2020)
Journal Article
Baker, P., COOLE, C., DRUMMOND, A., Khan, S., McDaid, C., Hewitt, C., …Rangan, A. (2020). Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study. Health Technology Assessment, 24(45), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24450

Background
Hip and knee replacements are regularly performed for patients who work. There is little evidence about these patients’ needs and the factors influencing their return to work. There is a paucity of guidance to help patients return to wor... Read More about Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study.

Reflexive Self-Identity and Work: Working Women, Biographical Disruption and Agency (2020)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., Trusson, C., & Casey, C. (2021). Reflexive Self-Identity and Work: Working Women, Biographical Disruption and Agency. Work, Employment and Society, 35(1), 116-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020926441

The article examines how women workers reflexively shape their self-identities and work identities following a significant biographical disruption incurred by breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Based on interviews with 22 women navigating their p... Read More about Reflexive Self-Identity and Work: Working Women, Biographical Disruption and Agency.

Corrigendum to: Statin use and risk of joint replacement due to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity-score matched longitudinal cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Sarmanova, A., Doherty, M., Kuo, C., Wei, J., Abhishek, A., Mallen, C., …Zhang, W. (2020). Corrigendum to: Statin use and risk of joint replacement due to osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a propensity-score matched longitudinal cohort study. Rheumatology, 59(10), 3120-3120. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa223

Human postprandial responses to food and potential for precision nutrition (2020)
Journal Article
Berry, S. E., Valdes, A. M., Drew, D. A., Asnicar, F., Mazidi, M., Wolf, J., Capdevila, J., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Davies, R., Al Khatib, H., Bonnett, C., Ganesh, S., Bakker, E., Hart, D., Mangino, M., Merino, J., Linenberg, I., Wyatt, P., Ordovas, J. M., Gardner, C. D., …Spector, T. D. (2020). Human postprandial responses to food and potential for precision nutrition. Nature Medicine, 26, 964-973. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0934-0

Metabolic responses to food influence risk of cardiometabolic disease, but large-scale high-resolution studies are lacking. We recruited n = 1,002 twins and unrelated healthy adults in the United Kingdom to the PREDICT 1 study and assessed postprandi... Read More about Human postprandial responses to food and potential for precision nutrition.

Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Bosco, A., Booth, V., Goldberg, S., Harwood, R. H., & Van der Wardt, V. (2020). Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine Reports, 19, Article 101139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101139

Adherence to physical exercise is associated with multiple benefits in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. Given the gap in research, this systematic literature review aimed to determine in the context of exercise intervention s... Read More about Adherence to exercise interventions in older people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Jin, X., Antony, B., Wang, X., Persson, M. S., McAlindon, T., Arden, N. K., …Ding, C. (2020). Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 10(4), Article e035302. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035302

Introduction: Observational data suggest that vitamin D deficiency is associated with the onset and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to date investigating the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation... Read More about Effect of vitamin D supplementation on pain and physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA): an OA Trial Bank protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis.